A Scientific Correspondence during the Chemical Revolution: Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau and Richard Kirwan, 1782-1802. Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau , Richard Kirwan , Emmanuel Grison , Michele Goupil , Patrice Bret

Isis ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-181
Author(s):  
Arthur Donovan
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Revolution ◽  
Guyton De Morveau

Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 180
Author(s):  
Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau
Keyword(s):  
Educación Superior ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Guyton De Morveau

<span>Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737-1816) es considerado uno de los más importantes miembros del grupo de científicos franceses que en siglo dieciocho destronaron la teoría del flogisto y establecieron el marco de la química moderna. Su contribución al estudio de la afinidad química, al establecimiento de normas racionales de nomenclatura química, y al desarrollo de la educación superior fue decisiva en una época crítica de la ciencia en Francia. Durante la mayor parte de su vida Guyton fue un firme partidario de la teoría del flogisto, pero eventualmente aceptó los descubrimientos de Lavoisier y ayudó a establecerlos como hechos irrefutables.</span>

THE CHEMICAL REVOLUTION: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT

Nuncius ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
FERDINANDO ABBRI
Keyword(s):  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Chemical Revolution

Mineralogy and the 'Chemical Revolution'

Centaurus ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. OLDROYD
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Revolution

scholarly journals Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau e a revolução química das Luzes

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 733-758
Author(s):  
Ronei Clécio Mocellin
Keyword(s):  
Guyton De Morveau

Lavoisier writes to Fourcroy from prison

1958 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-60
Keyword(s):  
French Revolution ◽  
Ancien Regime ◽  
Chemical Revolution ◽  
Educational Curriculum ◽  
Ancien Régime ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The French Revolution

The principal architects of the ‘chemical revolution’ may well be said to have been Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) and Antoine Francois Fourcroy (1755-1809). The former by the intuitive genius of his brain, the extraordinary manipulative skill of his hands and the impeccable logic of his mind elaborated and set forth those truths on which modem chemistry was founded. The latter used his ingratiating and flexible personality, oratorical ability and facile pen to publicize the new chemistry and see that it was embodied in the educational curriculum. Lavoisier helped Fourcroy during his earlier years and used his prestige and influence to advance the younger man and obtain financial preferment for him. Under the ancien régime Lavoisier was rich, respected and influential; Fourcroy led a struggling existence for many years. The French Revolution was to bring Lavoisier misery and legal assassination; the same period saw Fourcroy’s prestige and power rise to a maximum. The relationship existing between the two men presents an as yet unsolved puzzle. Fourcroy’s biography still has to be written, as does an authoritative one of Lavoisier, when all the material is available. The latter’s standard biographer, Edouard Grimaux, wrote three-quarters of a century ago and his work needs to be superseded by an objective and fully documented modern study. Grimaux strongly condemned Fourcroy for allowing Lavoisier to be sent to the guillotine and implies that, possibly motivated by jealousy, he may have helped to speed him on his way. Modern scholars are inclined to the opinion that Grimaux maligned Fourcroy unjustifiably. The charge, however, was evidently current shortly after Lavoisier’s death, for in a speech delivered only two years after the lamentable event Fourcroy felt constrained to defend himself against an accusation which was to haunt him for the rest of his days and pursue him from his own death until the present day.

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